In the Valley of Elah

i happen to be a hardcore conservative, and this movie is def motivated toward the liberal audience. But that doesnt keep me from saying how amazing it was. Maybe it does portray the way things are in Iraq. With that in... Full review

Acting of Tommy Lee Jones is great as usually but I could have done without Susan Sarandon. Since I was in the Army at the time the movie is suppose to take place, I found most of this movie a little... Full review

Being a mother, this movie frightened me. It bothers me to see what those poor boys and girls go through, for what! Great movie, everyone should see this, especially the people making all the money off this war. Hope their dreams... Full review

Mommies don’t let your babies grow up to be soldiers. If you do and they serve in Iraq, they will come back drug crazed, mental basket cases. This is the basic premise of this Hollywood propaganda piece. It is very disappointing... Full review

Getting great critical praise, Tommy Lee Jones's performance is very real, but the film in that sense is too. It is very disturbing - hurtingly sad in fact. And it also has no happiness involved. It is very dark and sometimes... Full review

Within one week I watched "In the valley of Elah", "Lions for Lambs" and "Rendition", all very interesting movies apporaching the war against terror from a differnet -but critical- perspective. In the Valley of Elah is the most subtle one, as... Full review

This is a movie that tells that story of how war effects the young generation that goes off to fight, and how the families behind are left to deal with who the believe there children to be and what these terrible... Full review

This was superb acting by Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron. The movie was a good army mystery/suspense/drama. Yes, it does have a little bit of a anti-war swing that says that all of are soldiers are young, drugged up, and... Full review

Despicable would be a compliment. To characterize our brave soldiers as butchers, drug dealers and heartless is beyond acceptable. Shame on all who played a part in producing this trash. Had I any idea of this film's intent, I would never... Full review

Absolute trash. Movie depicts our brave young men as murdering, stoned out, punks. One scene has a humvee run over an Iraq infant as our soldiers are laughing and high fiving each other. Way to go Hollywood!!... Full review

Paul Haggis is a talented filmmaker and he makes the most of a superlative cast working at their peak, but the screenplay is a tad manipulative and obvious. Roger Deakins' images and Mark Isham's music are superb, too. ... Full Review

The special features include: In The Valley of Elah: After Iraq; In The Valley of Elah: Coming Home, and; Additional Scene (deleted scene from movie). He visits the local police station and a detective played by Charlize Theron tells him his problems are with the military not the civilians. ... Full Review

Good movie if you agree with its politics. Hank Deerfield (Tommy Lee Jones) is a retired Military policeman, who lost a son in an accident years before. ... Full Review

Paul Haggis's In the Valley of Elah explores the consequences of a tough patrimony, which is all the more desolate for being nobly intended. Asked for a bedtime story by Theron's young son, Hank tells him the legend of David and Goliath who fought in the Valley of Elah and impresses the kid so deeply that he later asks his mom for a slingshot. ... Full Review

At any rate, he delivers a superb performance, particularly when giving the film's explanatory central speech about the Valley of Elah (the site of the battle between David and Goliath). In short, In the Valley of Elah is an engaging and provocative thriller that's worth seeing for the superb performances from its two leads. ... Full Review

Frances Fisher ( In the Valley of Elah ) has signed on for The Roommate , portraying Leighton Meester's mother. Lensing on the pic, written by Sonny Mallhi, has already begun in Los Angeles under helmer Christian Christiansen. ... Full Article

March 30, 2009 In 2007, several films about the war in Iraq hit theaters. Movie-goers, too weary of the real-life war to embrace fictionalized versions, mostly stayed away. ... Full Article

Along with the rest of America, I didn't see Paul Haggis' "In the Valley of Elah" in the theater, but I caught up with it on TIVO over the weekend. ... Full Article

Susan Sarandon is getting ready for a starring role on Broadway. The Hollywood actress - whose silver screen credits include In The Valley Of Elah and Speed Racer - will be in Eugene Ionesco's classic comedy Exit The King. ... Full Article

TORONTO - Despite audiences rejecting such Iraq war films as In the Valley of Elah and Redacted last fall, there is yet another Baghdad-set movie on its way to this year's Toronto International Film Festival. ... Full Article

Fall is the time that studios start to roll out their Oscar contenders , andcritics are already buzzingabout some of the movies that might make the cut. ... Full Article